Analysis of an argument
"In addition last year of two lanes to the existing Highway 41 business loop in Hortonville was a mistake. Since the addition of lanes, arrests for traffic violations in downtown Hortonville have increased, and the homes located adjacent to the highway have decreased in value. Watertown should pay close attention to the example of Hortonville and oppose the proposed expansion of highway in Watertown."
The argument is flawed that its conclusion does not follow the evidence provided. The newspaper alludes to the correlation between traffic violations and the addition of lanes without discussing about the process that was put in place for traffic management. It also does not provide adequate proof that the reduction in home rates is due to the traffic snarls.
Before drawing parallels between Watertown and Hortonville highway, we must compare if both of them are indeed similar situations. The newspaper does not provide the vital statistics like population of humans and vehicles, peak hour traffic and rate of traffic violations. We must consider these information before we ought to compare the situations of both the highways.
We must also consider the effort put on traffic regulation after the highway was expanded in Hortonville. The increase in traffic snarls can also be attributed to poor traffic regulation. Also, the argument that the value of homes have decreased due to traffic snarls is flawed that the assumption of correlation proves causation. No concrete data was presented to support this assumption.
The extension of highway of Watertown should be properly planned with the help of statistical data pertaining to human and traffic population and peak hour traffic. The care that goes into the implementation of the project should also be given to the enforcement of the traffic regulations once the project is over. With proper planning, implementation and enforcement, extension of Watertown highway can be a success.
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Thursday, December 06, 2007
Analysis of an Issue - Parent support vs child support.
Analysis of an Issue
"We shepherd our children into adulthood and later they shepherd us into old age."
A parent's obligation is to provide proper education, nourishment and protection for his child. However, a parent should never count on the reciprocation of the same from his child after his old age.
As a new born child, he is totally helpless by himself in this world. It neither has the brains not the muscles to venture out in this world and take care of himself. It is a moral obligation for a parent to provide adequate support to his child.
The parent plays a very important role in the development of the child. The child speaks his first words under the auspices of his parent. The child takes the parents as their role model in his early age. The child looks up to his parents for protection care and education. This initial impetus provided by parents helps the child to have better future. This care provided by the parent is pure and unadulterated. A parent would never take his care as a collateral so as to expect reciprocation of love and support from his child.
A parent should plan his future well ahead so that he may not have to depend on anyone for his support. A child has his own obligation to take care of his parents.However, there have been occasions where the child has failed to take care of his parent. A parent should try to be in a position to be able to cope up with his situation too. A person should understand that, as helpless the child is when it is born, a parent would also be in the same state due to senility and exhaustion. There may not be need of a monetary support, but moral support from his child would do lot of good for the parent in his old age and spend his time peacefully.
"We shepherd our children into adulthood and later they shepherd us into old age."
A parent's obligation is to provide proper education, nourishment and protection for his child. However, a parent should never count on the reciprocation of the same from his child after his old age.
As a new born child, he is totally helpless by himself in this world. It neither has the brains not the muscles to venture out in this world and take care of himself. It is a moral obligation for a parent to provide adequate support to his child.
The parent plays a very important role in the development of the child. The child speaks his first words under the auspices of his parent. The child takes the parents as their role model in his early age. The child looks up to his parents for protection care and education. This initial impetus provided by parents helps the child to have better future. This care provided by the parent is pure and unadulterated. A parent would never take his care as a collateral so as to expect reciprocation of love and support from his child.
A parent should plan his future well ahead so that he may not have to depend on anyone for his support. A child has his own obligation to take care of his parents.However, there have been occasions where the child has failed to take care of his parent. A parent should try to be in a position to be able to cope up with his situation too. A person should understand that, as helpless the child is when it is born, a parent would also be in the same state due to senility and exhaustion. There may not be need of a monetary support, but moral support from his child would do lot of good for the parent in his old age and spend his time peacefully.
Analysis of an Issue - Personal diet
Analysis of an Issue
"Responsibility for eating healthy food belongs to each individual person, not to the government."
While it is true that regulating the food policy of its state belongs to the goverment, the responsibility of eating healthy food belongs to the individual person.
The onus is on the goverment to make its citizen aware of the proper and healthy eating habits. It can recommend the possible combination of nutrition and can promote them through ad awareness campaign. I believe that the responsibility of the goverment ends if it has spent adequate time, money and resource to promote and encourage healthy food habits. From then on, its up to the individual to choose his eating habits. Govermenet should not try to spoon feed to its citizens. If it does so, it would be infringing on their personal freedom of choice.
Having said that, there may be some people who would actually require guidance for proper eating habits. A few of them may include but not limited to orphans, new born babies, single mothers, prison inmates and metally disabled. For them, the goverment can very well take the mantle of providing proper guidance to food habits. But as a whole, its the responsibilty of an individual to take care of his diet.
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"Responsibility for eating healthy food belongs to each individual person, not to the government."
While it is true that regulating the food policy of its state belongs to the goverment, the responsibility of eating healthy food belongs to the individual person.
The onus is on the goverment to make its citizen aware of the proper and healthy eating habits. It can recommend the possible combination of nutrition and can promote them through ad awareness campaign. I believe that the responsibility of the goverment ends if it has spent adequate time, money and resource to promote and encourage healthy food habits. From then on, its up to the individual to choose his eating habits. Govermenet should not try to spoon feed to its citizens. If it does so, it would be infringing on their personal freedom of choice.
Having said that, there may be some people who would actually require guidance for proper eating habits. A few of them may include but not limited to orphans, new born babies, single mothers, prison inmates and metally disabled. For them, the goverment can very well take the mantle of providing proper guidance to food habits. But as a whole, its the responsibilty of an individual to take care of his diet.
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Analysis of an Argument - Rash driving
Analysis of an Argument
The following appeared as part of a newspaper editorial
"As public concern over the speed at which many teenagers drive has increased, local authorities have become more vigilant in their efforts to arrest drivers who exceed the posted speeds within the city limits. Many young people have consequently begun to vandalize speed limit and other traffic signs. Thus, the enforcement efforts have ironically resulted in an observed increase in vandalism."
The argument is flawed in its conclusion that the enforcement of law over speed limit has increased vandalism among teenagers. It is a pseudo-correlation between the vandalism and the enforcement of the law. However, the root cause of the vandalism is due to the improper implementation of the law.
It is highly appreciable that the local authorities have taken concern over the negligent driving of the teenagers. Generally, teenagers have the mentality to be free from any rules or obstacles and have things done on their own accord. In these cases, it is upto the old and experienced to teach them to differentiate between right and wrong. Along with passing the law, the local authorities should have tried to inculcate the evils of negligent driving to the teenagers. It is necessary to make them aware of their own wrong-doing. Instead of that, if the local authorities would simply try to manacle the teenagers, the general tendency would be to go against the law. This would explain the pseudo-correlation between passing the law and vandalism.
After having passed the law, the police should also have been more vigilant in guarding the properties of the city. Efforts should have been made to also patrol the city for any outburst against the law, atleast for the initial few weeks.
The law may have been put in place to check the teenagers legally. However, neither the teenagers were educated about the evils of negligent driving nor the police gave adequate cover to the public property. It is the implementation of the law that has failed which has led to to increased vandalism among teenagers.
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The following appeared as part of a newspaper editorial
"As public concern over the speed at which many teenagers drive has increased, local authorities have become more vigilant in their efforts to arrest drivers who exceed the posted speeds within the city limits. Many young people have consequently begun to vandalize speed limit and other traffic signs. Thus, the enforcement efforts have ironically resulted in an observed increase in vandalism."
The argument is flawed in its conclusion that the enforcement of law over speed limit has increased vandalism among teenagers. It is a pseudo-correlation between the vandalism and the enforcement of the law. However, the root cause of the vandalism is due to the improper implementation of the law.
It is highly appreciable that the local authorities have taken concern over the negligent driving of the teenagers. Generally, teenagers have the mentality to be free from any rules or obstacles and have things done on their own accord. In these cases, it is upto the old and experienced to teach them to differentiate between right and wrong. Along with passing the law, the local authorities should have tried to inculcate the evils of negligent driving to the teenagers. It is necessary to make them aware of their own wrong-doing. Instead of that, if the local authorities would simply try to manacle the teenagers, the general tendency would be to go against the law. This would explain the pseudo-correlation between passing the law and vandalism.
After having passed the law, the police should also have been more vigilant in guarding the properties of the city. Efforts should have been made to also patrol the city for any outburst against the law, atleast for the initial few weeks.
The law may have been put in place to check the teenagers legally. However, neither the teenagers were educated about the evils of negligent driving nor the police gave adequate cover to the public property. It is the implementation of the law that has failed which has led to to increased vandalism among teenagers.
You can rate this essay in the comments section on a scale of 0 to 6.
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